Ouchy...pain

I know I've been gone awhile. I think I'm back. I think...not sure...I'll try. Anyway.
My tooth broke a couple weeks ago while eating nachos at Friday's! Turns out the silver filling I had, had cracked my tooth a while ago, and I never knew! It finally gave way and broke! After 3 dentists, I found one I like. Well, the tooth was not salvageable, and needed to come out. I opted to get an implant rather that a bridge. The bridge would unnecessarily damage surrounding teeth, and need to be replaced every 10-15 years. An implant will last the rest of my life, and not damage other teeth. We just need to be able to afford it. I went to have the tooth pulled, and just be a toothless hobo for awhile until we could afford the implant. Apparently, the tooth had been deteriorating or a while, and had eaten away at the bone underneath it. So, in order to prevent the surrounding teeth from caving in, because of the lack of bone structure to support them, I needed to get a bone graft! (Ya, that's just how I wanted to spend Matt's bonus.) They mix up freeze dried human bone, with some other stuff, and pack it in there. Gross. Beyond gross. While they were doing it, it smelled like turkey bone. You know, after you eat the turkey, and have the carcass left over? Ya, it smelled like that. Nasty. So now I have stitches and nasty bone ooze for a while. It still hurts too much to eat solid foods. So I'm living on oatmeal and mashed potatoes. The plus side? I should loose 20 pounds in no time!

It should be healed enough for the implant in 3 months. Maybe less. Then it has to heal again before I can get the crown that fits over the titanium screw that will go in my jaw. (That's the implant part, it replaces the root of the tooth.) Until then, I'll just be a toothless redneck!